Peermusic appoints Harry Knyt as Head of A&R, UK

10 December 2024 - Press release

 

A&R Executive Harry Knyt has been named Head of A&R, UK for Peermusic, as announced today by Ralph W. Peer, Managing Director, Peermusic U.K. In his new role, Knyt’s responsibilities will include signing, developing and implementing creative strategy for Peermusic’s U.K. publishing roster of songwriters and producers. The A&R team for Peermusic U.K. will now report into Knyt. Harry Knyt will be based out of the London offices and will report directly to Ralph W. Peer. With well over a million titles owned or administered, a global footprint of 39 offices in 32 countries and 200+ employees worldwide, Peermusic is the largest privately owned music publishing company of its kind in the world.

Ralph W. Peer commented: “This appointment marks a win for our songwriters. Harry has a proven history of creating career-defining moments for music creators and meaningful, strong relationships within the industry. He is an exceptional A&R executive with incredible taste, focus, and the ability to take our creative strategy in exciting directions. The opportunity to bring Harry on board to continue our legacy of artist/writer development a perfect fit for our creative culture at Peermusic U.K. We are excited about his future here as we continue to achieve ongoing artistic and commercial success for our roster.”

Harry Knyt commented: “It is an incredible honour to join this company and to work alongside this well-respected team of global music publishers. For nearly 100 years, Peermusic has been a consummate champion for the artist, songwriters and music producers they work with. The aim is to further grow the roster of talented songwriters and producers with the dedicated A&R team that knows the level of care, attention and passion it takes to service the creatives we represent and create defining, impactful records.”

Harry Knyt brings a wealth of experience spanning over a decade in the music industry with prior roles at Insanity Group, Milk & Honey, Sony Music/RCA, and NQ/Sony Music Publishing. Over his career, he has managed Grammy award-winning songwriters and producers who have worked across artists such as Ed Sheeran, Central Cee, J Hus, Skepta, Anne Marie, Dave, Tom Grennan & Burna Boy amongst many others, accumulating in eight UK number one album involvements and landing numerous top 10 singles, which have amassed over 20+ million in sales.

At RCA Records, Harry Knyt signed and served as A&R for JADE’s solo project and also signed and served as A&R for Will Manning (co-writer of the BL3SS and Camrin Watsin hit “Kisses”). Whilst at NQ/Sony, Harry Knyt signed producer TylianMTB (credits include Bryson Tiller’s “Whatever She Wants”), Pozer and worked across the producer/writer management roster at NQ, including Whyjay & Litek.

Peermusic U.K. today also announced the promotion of Dylan Myerscough to Senior A&R Manager, Peermusic U.K. Dylan Myerscough first joined Peermusic’s UK A&R team in 2019 and was previously A&R Manager, Peermusic U.K.